The Birth of Hip-Hop | Generation X

my name’s DJ cool her the music spun by

my name’s DJ cool her the music spun by Herc is different from the stuff most

Herc is different from the stuff most

Herc is different from the stuff most DJ’s are playing he would take two

DJ’s are playing he would take two

DJ’s are playing he would take two records and spinning back and forth from

records and spinning back and forth from

records and spinning back and forth from the same spot so just prolong the break

the same spot so just prolong the break

the same spot so just prolong the break beat Herc style catches on and not just

beat Herc style catches on and not just

beat Herc style catches on and not just with b-boys but with emcees who use the

with b-boys but with emcees who use the

with b-boys but with emcees who use the break to pick up the mic he talks now

break to pick up the mic he talks now

break to pick up the mic he talks now with the rhythm he rhymes a little bit

with the rhythm he rhymes a little bit

with the rhythm he rhymes a little bit here and there you see the development

here and there you see the development

here and there you see the development start now kind of wants you to give me a

start now kind of wants you to give me a

start now kind of wants you to give me a story and the next thing you know all of

story and the next thing you know all of

story and the next thing you know all of these people are actually rapping people

these people are actually rapping people

these people are actually rapping people went there to dance and then it became

went there to dance and then it became

went there to dance and then it became something where people had to listen

something where people had to listen

something where people had to listen they were partying their pain away they

they were partying their pain away they

they were partying their pain away they were speaking their pain away they were

were speaking their pain away they were

were speaking their pain away they were using music to be an escape from the

using music to be an escape from the

using music to be an escape from the oppression that they were undergoing and

oppression that they were undergoing and

oppression that they were undergoing and that’s what hip-hop was born out of hip

that’s what hip-hop was born out of hip

that’s what hip-hop was born out of hip hop the phoenix rising out of the city’s

hop the phoenix rising out of the city’s

hop the phoenix rising out of the city’s ashes you would go into some very rough

ashes you would go into some very rough

ashes you would go into some very rough neighborhoods but the energy was amazing

you felt something that you couldn’t

you felt something that you couldn’t feel anywhere else so this began to

feel anywhere else so this began to

feel anywhere else so this began to replicate itself and got bigger and

replicate itself and got bigger and

replicate itself and got bigger and bigger a musical revolution is brewing

bigger a musical revolution is brewing

bigger a musical revolution is brewing in these Bronx basements and it’s about

in these Bronx basements and it’s about

in these Bronx basements and it’s about to explode